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cockfight
[ kok-fahyt ]
cockfight
/ ˈɒˌڲɪ /
noun
- a fight between two gamecocks fitted with sharp metal spurs
Derived Forms
- ˈdzˌھپԲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- dzfiԲ noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cockfight1
Example Sentences
Reports in local media suggested the attackers in fake military gear were members of a criminal gang whose rivals were at the cockfight.
Thirty-three spectators at the cockfight were detained and about 250 roosters were discovered, along with a fighting ring, a scoreboard and steel talons, according to officials.
Another person involved in the cockfights told that source that he and and another individual purchased their fighting roosters from Oklahoma and they were shipped to California by plane.
One villager insisted to police that he had to remain because the 40 roosters he had bred for cockfights might be stolen if he left.
Borge was indicted on 11 felony charges including murder and attempted murder stemming from the April 15 shooting that wounded three other people at the illegal cockfight in a rural and remote neighborhood outside Honolulu.
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